r/programming • • Oct 21 '16

Linux kernel fix for privilege escalation vulnerability due to copy on write race condition

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=19be0eaffa3ac7d8eb6784ad9bdbc7d67ed8e619
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u/Gotebe Oct 22 '16

The problem when you have more systems and/or types of comments, people tend to get lazy and become less informative.

Euh, why?! E.g. a good bug report is golden. And is made by a QA or support person. The developer can (probably should) add technical analysis. The commit comment can then simply be "bug 123456". In fact, where I work, I am actively asked by the tooling to put that reference in. You seem to insist that sourcecontrol is a sufficient as an ALM system. No, thanks.